The Art Lesson -Thimble Islands, Branford, CT

12/16/2018

Oil Painting of Thimble Islands Branford CT by Linda S Marino

The Art Lesson - Thimble Islands, Branford, CT, oil, 12 x 16"

This painting was created during a three-day workshop on the Thimble Islands with Bob Noreika. The weather was absolutely gorgeous. Sunny with a slight breeze. On the third day, we were at the tail end of Governor's Island. I love to paint and sketch my fellow artists as they work. For the most part, they stay still and they're concentrating so much on their own work, they have no idea I'm painting them.

This piece has gone through the editing and refining process twice! And I'm happy to say it's finished... I think... :)

12 x 16" oil on canvas
framed in a silver/gold champagne finish frame
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3 Comments

Lori Torello

12/19/2018 03:06:19 am

Linda, I want two calendars and was not about to get to your show. Please hold two for me. Lori Torello

Dorothy Dupont

12/21/2018 01:58:22 am

Your trip to Thimble Islands made me recall a similar painting vacation my sister and I took in Vermont for a week one summer. The locale was a bed and breakfast farm and the work was fun and as intense as we wanted to make it. Our artist was a landscape watercolorist from New Jersey. We had two lectures everyday and hours of painting "in the field" sometimes literally in pastures.

We had the option on any given day to go at 5:00 in the morning to climb a mountain and paint the mist. Jan and I knew that would be difficult walking for us with slippery dew-laden grass on rough inclines, so we opted out.

We used our prepared pallets and he instructed us on every conceivable landscape options such as kinds trees, grasses, skies, buildings, stone, and babbling brooks.

The food was incredible. the owner of the b/b was entertaining the Food Channel the following week, and promoted Vermont made and grown foods only. Breakfast/supper and lodging was included in the trip.

It was the last time Jan and I would paint together. She is now legally blind, but the memories of that experience stays with us.

Linda

12/21/2018 12:00:03 pm

Hi Dottie,
Your art vacation with your sister in Vermont sounds exactly like the vision I have for me and my husband.... someday! The bed and breakfast sounds delightful and I love the way you described your adventure. What a wonderful memory and so happy you shared it with me. I love your work too.... you so inspire me! Big hugs and God bless!